Changing bodies changes minds: owning another body affects social cognition. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Maister, Lara; Slater, Mel; Sanchez-Vives, Maria V.; Tsakiris, Manos
• Is Part Of: Trends in cognitive sciences. Volume 19:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 6
• Page End: 12
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Cognitive science -- Periodicals; Cognitive neuroscience -- Periodicals; 153.05
• DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2014.11.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1364-6613

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0045"> <list id="lis0020"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Multisensory correlations can induce illusory ownership of another person's body.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Ownership can thus be induced over a body of a different race, age, or gender.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Incorporating a body belonging to a social outgroup changes implicit social biases.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">The multisensory experience of the body underpins higher-level social attitudes.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>